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Also known as New General Catalogue 2906

spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AGN
Redshift
z = 0.0071639319439043
Morphology
Sbc
Coordinates
RA 143.0259° · Dec 8.4418°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
33.11
Image
NGC2906 - HST - Potw2015a.tif
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galaxy morphological type
Sc
catalog code
LEDA 27074
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 2906
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1785-12-28
redshift
0.00774
apparent magnitude
11.477
right ascension
143.0260292
declination
8.4419056
radial velocity
2311
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